Dielectric telescoping bucket



Dec. 23, 1958 H. WALSH- DIELECTRIC TELESCOPING BUCKET Filed Aug. 14,1956 INVENTOR. /1/ EL f /V Mu 5H BY ATTQFJVEY United States PatentOffice 2,865,421 retreated Dec. 23, 1958 My invention relates generallyto buckets, and speciiical ly to buckets used for transporting tools andequipment which buckets are formed of non-conducting material, and arecapable of being telescoped into a small;r size for convenience instorage.

It is among the objects of my invention to provide a.

bucket which is safe to use to transport tools andy ma terials in thevicinity of high-tension electric lines.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a. bucket which may becollapsed for the purpose Ofcom-- serving storage space when the bucketis not in. use.

Yet a further object of my invention is to provide: a capacious bucketfor the transportation of tools and equipment.

Among the further objects of my invention is to pro-- vide a bucketwhich is durable, compact, lightweight,A strong and relativelyinexpensive.

These objects and advantages, as well as other objects. and advantagesmay be achieved by the device illustrated in the drawings in which:

Figure l is a partially-sectioned, side-elevational view of a dielectrictelescoping bucket illustrative of my invention;

Figure 2 is a partially-sectioned, side-elevationalf view of such abucket distended;

Figure 3 is a partial, vertical-sectional view thereof; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the bottom of the bucket disassociatedfrom the other parts.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, a bucket made in accordancewith my invention is provided with an annular top frame. This frame iscomposed of nonconducting material, such as tibreboard. This frame 11has a top enlargement 12 which defines the upper limit of the overlap ofa web with the frame. It is preferred that the frame be annular,although it may be square or in some other shape. The frame is providedwith a downwardly extending portion 13. A web 14 which is tubular inform and closely conforms to the outer diameter of the frame 11surrounds the portion 13. In order to provide for great strength ofattachment, the top edge of the web is folded over so that there is anunderlying overlapping portion 15. The upper portion of the web 14 andthe overlapping portion 15 are secured to the frame 11 by rows ofstitches 16. While the web has. been referred to as tubular, it may beformed of a sheet of material the edges of which have been securedtogether by stitching. It should be formed of a nonconducting material,and is preferably made of heavy canvas. A relatively coarse materialsuch as heavy canvas is rather stiff and has a high co-efficient offriction. This is advantageous in that when the bucket is collapsed, asshown in Figure 1, the webbing where it is attached to the frame isfolded upwardly inside the frame and is engaged with the externalsurface of the bottom. By' reason of the close t of the bottom 17 withthe fran-re- 11, the web 14 at the point of attachment to the bottomwill frictionally engage the web 14 at the point for storing, shipping,or carrying purposes.

where it folds upwardly inside the frame 11 (see Fig. l).-

At the bottom of the web, a bottom 17 is attached to the web. Thisbottom is attached to the web 14 by having the web disposed against theinner side wall of the bottom 17 with the lower edge 18 of the webfolded upwardly to form an overlap 19 for additional strength. This webis secured to the bottom by two rows of stitching 20. The lower edge 18need extend only to the floor 21 of the bottom 17. lt is preferred thatthe bottom 17 be formed of a single piece of leather molded to have afloor 21 with upstanding, slightly diverging flanges 22 to which the web14 is secured. While leather is indicated as the preferred material,many other materials, such as breboard, plastics or other relativelyrigid fabrics could be used.

In the interest of having the bottom 17 telescoped within the frame 11,it is essential that the external diameter of the slightly-deformablebottom 17, be substantial that of the internal diameter of the frame 11with one layer the web lying between them as shown in Figure 1. Thus,when the bucket is telescoped, the bottom 17 will form a receptacle forthe folds of the web 14, which will substantially lie in the bottom andwill push up one layer of the web, so that it intrudes between thebottom 17 and the frame 11 and by reason of the proximity of the saidmembers and the web 14, they will be maintained in frictional engagementwith each other and the bucket will remain telescoped during its periodyof non-use without any substantial tendency to unfold. 'Through the topof the frame 11, immediately below the enlargement 12, a pair ofdiametrically opposed holes 23 are provided for the insertion of ahandle 24. This handle 24, like the other elements of the bucket, isformed lof a dielectric material such as manila rope with the endportion properly interwoven and spliced to the main portion.

This construction provides a bucket that is compact When the bucket isexpanded from its telescoped condition, it is ycompletely safe fortransporting tools, supplies and equip- Vment from the ground to the topof poles, towers and other :structures from which are suspendedhigh-tension lines. 'To use a conducting bucket of metal under suchcircum- :stances is extremely hazardous and my bucket is complete- @lysafe for such usage.

The foregoing description is merely intended to illustirate anembodiment of the invention. The component parts have been shown anddescribed. They each may have substitutes which may perform asubstantially similar function; such substitutes may be known as propersubstitutes for the said components and may have actually been known orinvented before the present invention; these substitutes arecontemplated as being within the scope of the appended claims, althoughthey are not specifically catalogued herein.

I claim:

1. A dielectric carrier comprising an annular dielectric engaged betweenthe top frame and the bottom when the bottom is 'nested within the topframe.

2. A dielectric carrier comprising a dielectric top frame, a deformabledielectric bottom with external dimensions substantially the same as theinternal dimen- .sions of the top frame, a dielectric web attached atthe :top to the outside of the frame, and at the lower edge to`tltlejnsile of thebottom, a dielectric handleV attached' to the topframe, and the web frictionally engaged between the top frame and thebottom when the bottom is nested within the top frame.

3. A dielectric carrier comprising an annular dielectricl top.frame, aldeformable rrounddielectric bottom with external dimensionssubstantiallyv the same vas the internal dimensions` of the `top frame,an upwardly extendingY wall-on Ythe bottom, a dielectric liexible webstitched to Vthe outside of the'topl frame and to the inside of theupwardly extending wall, and the web rictionally engaged between the topframe andthe bottom when the bottom is nested within the top frame,

4. A dielectric carrier-comprising Ya dielectric top` frame, a4deformable dielectricr bottom. with external dimensions substantiallythe sameV as the internal dimensionsof the top frame, a dielectridwebattached to the top frame and the bottom, said bottom ynestable withinthe top frame, and the web frictionally engaged between the top frameand the bottom when the bottomis nested within the top frame.

5. A dielectric carrier comprising an annular dielectric top vframe, adeformable round dielectric bottom with external dimensionssubstantially the same as the internal dimensions of the top` frame, anupwardly extending wall on the bottom, a dielectric flexible webstitched to the outside of the top frame and to the inside of theupwardly extending wall, said bottom nestable within` the said topframe, and the web frictionally engaged betweenthe top frame and thebottom when the bottom is nested within the top frame.

6. A' dielectric carrier comprising atop-frame,A a deformable bottomwith external dimensions subs-tantiallyf the same as the internaldimensions of the top frame, a flexible web connecting the top frame andthe bottom said top frame web and bottom telescopable'with the bottomnestable within the top frame, and the web frictionally engaged betweenthe top frame and the bottom when the carrier is telescoped.

7. A dielectric carrier, comprising a dielectric top frame, a deformabledielectric bottom with external dimensions substantially theA sameas theinternalV dimensions of the top frame, a exible dielectric webconnecting the top frame and the bottom, the web being connected to theoutside of the top frame and theinside of the bottom, said top frame,web, and bottom, telescopable with the bottom nestable within thetopframe, and the web frictionally engaged between the top frame and thebottom when the carrier is telescoped, and said frictional engagement ofthe web with the top frame and the bottom maintaining the positionalengagement of the top, bottom, and

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